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Language: Dutch
Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) are a very diverse family of flies appearance-wise. Their size ranges from 2-20 mm, their appearance can be slim, but also robust, metal-colored to black, yellow, green, orange and black-and-white. They have a number of characteristics in common: The so-called discal cell in the wing, the wing edge vein (costa) at the trailing edge of the wing is weakly developed and they do not possess a scale on the thorax just behind the wing implant. The habitus drawing in this table by Jeroen de Rond give a good picture of the different types within this family fly.
Summary in Dutch:
Wapenvliegen (Stratiomyidae) zijn qua uiterlijk een onderling erg diverse familie van vliegen. De grootte varieert van 2-20 mm, het uiterlijk kan tenger, maar ook robuust zijn, metaalkleurig tot zwart, geel, groen, oranje en zwart-wit. Ze hebben een aantal kenmerken gemeen: de zgn. diskaalcel in de vleugel, de vleugelrandader (costa) is aan de achterrand van de vleugel zwak ontwikkelt en ze hebben geen schubje aan het borststuk vlak achter de vleugelinplant. De habitustekening in deze tabel van de hand van Jeroen de Rond geven een goed beeld van de verschillende vormen binnen deze vliegenfamilie.